I wonder if other people in Hanrietta’s family did something about the discovery in the future. Since her family didn’t know what was happening at the time, couldn't other family members get money for it?

Does any of this connect or contribute to any other discoveries?"

I think it could connect to the worldwide pandemic of COVID 19 because it is somewhat never ending with the new cases there are in the world. Everyone isn’t sure when it will end or if it can be cured. An idea I have is that maybe the tobacco caused the cancer because even though we know this substance well it could’ve been the cause since over 7 million people die of tobacco. Even if i’m wrong it is really intresting how smart scientists have gotten in 100 years, and how much cells have evolved over the years, like HeLa has it remained the same or has it changed!?"

The first question I had was how do the people/scientists know that this particle/cell holds the key to cancer,virology, and genetics? When did scientists start putting human labs that grow cells called hela? Why do scientists keep repeating the same test over and over again? Why do scientists grow their own cells? Why do scientists use the cells that they make? Why don’t scientists get real blood samples and DNA. I think scientists should get real blood samples from people that are sick and use those cells and DNA. How do the cells that the scientists use multiply and reproduce? Why did all of the human cell lines die in 1951? Why did all of the cells die so fast? Did Henrietta Lacks die? Why did all of the scientists and people call the cell a strange looking tumor? Why are the cells/particles so Dark Purple,Shiny, and Jelly like? Why were the cell’s particles dividing? How did the cell/particle become Immortal? How did Henrietta Lacks Get the tumor/cell/particle that she had? What was that dark purple,shiny, and jelly like substance? 

I think Henrietta Lacks is a true hero. Can Henrietta Lacks and her family sue the scientists that used her cell/particles to test and observe and share her cell/particles with other scientists without her or her family's consent. Those are all of my opinions/questions/ideas and connections."

Hela is an immortal stem cell that can replicate a cell. Like bacteria, diseases, tumors, all them bad stuff. They replicate them to experiment with them to find a vaccine or find what the cell can potentially do. Usually human cells die within a few days up to a year after a process called senescence, the loss of a cell’s power of division growth. This is a present problem for researchers because using regular human cells can’t be repeated like clones nor be used for an extended study. George Gey’s discovery, allowed that cell (heLa) to divide and found the cell survived indefinitely if given the nutrients and an acceptable environment. The original cell continues to mutate and now there’s many strands of HeLa, all from the same single cell. 

Researchers believe that HeLa cells don't suffer programmed death because they maintain a version of the enzyme telomerase that prevents losing the telomeres of chromosomes gradually. Telomere shortening is involved with aging and death. It’s still a mystery why they aggressively reproduce and don't act like regular cells. Also, thanks to HeLa cells, researchers have learned a lot about how cancer cells operate. It was discovered that Henrietta’s cancerous cells activated a substance called telomerase that the cells use to repair damaged DNA."

So if that girl would have never had Hela cells in her than we could have not cured cancer and some of the diseases out there.  So a hela cell is an immortal cell line used in scientific research. It is also the most used and the oldest cell line.  Hela cells are important because they have been used to test chemicals on human cells.  They have been useful in texting gene mapping and studying human diseases, especially cancer.  The difference from Hela cells to other cells is that Hela cells are immortal. 

My question is what would happen if Hela cells stop copying themselves? Then what would we do to cure cancer and all the other diseases? 

Are Helas good and bad or do they make an impact on human lives? 

Can helas be on plants and animals or just humans? If they can be on plants and animals are they good for the animals and plants or are they bad for them?

One of my connections is my aunt had cancer and she beat it. So if she did that was it because of the hela cells? Or was it because of chemo? But also one thing I know is that chemo basically is removing the bad cells so does it remove hela to or does hela help remove the bad cells? They also told her that she would never have a baby but she did. So does that mean cancer and the cells that she had are now are her son? Is he more likely to get cancer because she had it? 

Another question is are hela cells all the same or do they impact different things for different bodies? 

My opinion on hela cells is that I like the cells but I am also kind of doubting them because they might save people’s lives but you never know because they could stop doing their job one day and then scientists would not know what to do or how to bring them back."

Also when how many tests were held to make sure how it could survive and also, What are its weaknesses? Does it have Weaknesses?  Can you take supplements to help stop the tumor?

Also are there different types of tumors that do the same thing?  That concludes my questions if they are not answered its fine, other than that enjoy your day!"